Almost one-fifth of the population is living below the poverty line in Ireland when housing costs are factored in. Latest research from Social Justice Ire.
at fair market rent by working a 40-hour week. what is the solution beyond the federal government? what is the solution around this? the national housing wage, which is the amount that somebody needs to earn each our just to be able to afford to rent a modest one bedroom apartment is over $20. this is about three times as much as what somebody earning the federal minimum wage earns, and it s over $2 an hour more than what the average renter earns. so clearly, rents are far out of reach for the people who need to rent apartments. so the kind of legislation that congressman toress and chair woman maxine waters are advancing would be transformational to our efforts in the country to end homelessness and end housing poverty. we had a system in our country where only one in every four households who are eligible for and in need of housing